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Bookbabble Episode 63: The iPad, Dante’s Hell And Ribena Berry Nipples
Recorded 8 Feb 2010
Babblers: Gem, Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and Donny
Synopsis:
The crew welcomes a visit from our favourite English farmer (Gem) as they discuss the recently announced iPad, and all the jokes that come with it. Also, Marcel brings our attention to Electronic Arts’s new Dante’s Inferno, based on Dante’s classic of the same name. Is having a half-naked monk killing monsters in the depths of hell a brilliant idea? Also, Terry Pratchett and euthanasia, and find out what the Odyssey has in common with scantily-clad berries.
Show Length: 1:28:36
Mentioned
- The Death Of Bunny Munro, Nick Cave
- The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno, Dante Alighieri
- Romance of Three Kingdoms, Lo Kuan-Chung
- The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, Franz Kafka
- Journey to the West: The Monkey King’s Amazing Adventures, Wu Cheng’en
- Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatski
Links
- Ribena Advert
- The Apple ‘iPad’
- The Onion – Steve Jobs with the iPad
- iPad vs Stone
- Willy Vlautin’s Northline, which has an accompanying soundtrack
- Marcel’s favourite pro-silent music advocate
- Shigekuni – Welcome to Hell
- Terry Pratchett: my case for a euthanasia tribunal
Download the show here.
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